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- the present invention relates to a domestic combined heat and power (DCHP) unit.
- DCHP domestic combined heat and power
- a supplementary gas burner In order to supply the remaining heat, so that the DCHP unit can compete effectively with the current specification of domestic boiler, a supplementary gas burner is required. It is desirable for both burners to discharge into a common flue, so that they can both heat the domestic water supply, and so that only a single flue connection to the outside world is required.
- the use of a separate fan for each burner can cause problems if one of the fans is not running. Under these circumstances, hot gas can be forced back through the unlit burner and its associated gas train thereby damaging the components and filling the unit with combustion products.
- JP 04-103910 discloses a heating appliance comprising first and second burners, a fan to provide a supply of air, a splitter valve for splitting the supply of air into a stream feeding the first burner and a stream feeding the second burner, and means for feeding combustible fuel to mix with the air.
- a domestic combined heat and power system incorporating a heating appliance comprising first and second burners, a fan to provide a supply of air, a splitter valve for splitting the supply of air into a stream feeding the first burner and a stream feeding the second burner, and means for feeding combustible fuel to mix with the air; characterised by a controller for controlling the combustible fuel flow, the speed of the fan and the splitter valve to control proportion of the air fed to each burner depending on the appliance requirements, the system further comprising a Stirling engine which is heated by the first burner; a water heater which is heated by the second burner; and an exhaust gas duct passing from the Stirling engine in contact with a combustible gas inlet into the first burner to pre-heat the combustible gas entering the first burner and subsequently contacting water upstream of the water heater to pre-heat this water.
- the invention only requires a single fan and therefore provides a saving in overall cost, and requires less space than a dual fan arrangement.
- One possibility is to provide a mixing chamber in which the fuel and air are mixed upstream of the splitter valve, so that the splitter valve splits the mixed fuel and air stream.
- Such an arrangement has the advantage that it only requires a single supply of fuel.
- the splitter valve has to be a primary safety device requiring extensive design and certification. It also needs to be able to close completely and provide a perfect seal in the gas supply chain. Therefore, preferably, means for feeding combustible fuel is positioned to feed the fuel to the split air streams downstream of the splitter valve.
- the arrangement also allows full control of the air/fuel mixture to each burner as it allows the air/fuel ratio to be set separately for each burner.
- the valve only needs to be designed to handle the air flow, and is able to tolerate a degree of leakage without allowing unwanted fuel into an unlit burner.
- a hole is provided in a vane of the splitter valve to allow a bleed flow in addition to any flow of air pas the vane. This ensures that an inactive burner is adequately ventilated and there is no build up of combustible gasses at any point within the burner. In addition, this air flow prevents the accumulation of condensation on the burner surfaces as it cools.
- the splitter valve may be any type of valve suitable for controllably splitting two gaseous flows.
- the splitter valve is a flap valve.
- the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 comprises a burner 2 to supply heat to the head of a Stirling engine.
- Gas for the burner is supplied from gas supply line 4 which is fed to a multi-functional controller 5 (Honeywell 1000 series direct burner ignition controller).
- the multi-function gas control regulates the pressure of the gas that is fed to the mixing system to that of the inlet air stream (ambient), using a standard pressure governor and a zero gas governor. It also incorporates a dual solenoid safety shut-off valve, manual flow control valve, and control circuitry.
- This regulated gas supply is fed to a mixer, consisting of a variable speed DC fan 8, drawing air stream 7 into a venturi 9. The rate at which the gas is entrained into the air stream is dependent on the flow rate of the gas into the venturi.
- the correct gas:air ratio can be achieved. Varying the speed of the DC fan can then be used to increase the mixture flow rate. The gas:air ratio will be maintained at the preset level over an operating range of mixture flow rates, allowing the fan speed alone to be used to modulate the operation of the burner(s).
- a separate burner controller is provided to control the actuation of the burner. This controller provides control of the ignition of the burner, and also detects the presence of a flame at the burner allowing the flow of gas to be shut-off if the flame should be extinguished.
- the supply of fuel and air to the supplementary burner 12 is identical to that described in relation to the Stirling engine 1.
- This arrangement comprises a gas supply line 4 common to the burner 2 (shown separately in Fig. 1 for clarity) a multi-functional controller 5A, a burner controller, air supply 7A, fan 8A and venturi 9A.
- the supply of gas and air to the Stirling engine burner 2 and the supplementary burner 12 are controlled independently according to the domestic demand for heat. If the domestic requirement is for more heat than can be provided by the Stirling engine burner 2, the supplementary burner 12 is activated to supply this additional requirement.
- the Stirling engine 1 is heated by a first heater 14 in a manner similar to that described above.
- the heat is transferred to the head by a system of fins 3 as disclosed in our earlier co-pending application no. GB0020012 .
- the arrangement in Fig. 2 has a water heater 15 which is arranged to heat a water stream 16 by virtue of second burner 17 (similar to the supplementary burner 12 of Fig. 1 ). Exhaust gases are expelled through flue 18.
- a common gas supply line 19 is provided for both the first 14 and second 17 burners.
- This gas flow is controlled by a single multi-functional valve 20 which functions in a similar way to the multi-functional valve 5 referred to with respect to Fig. 1 .
- the burner controls controlling ignition and flame detection of the burner may be incorporated into a multi-functional controller.
- Gas leaving the multi-functional valve 20 enters a mixing chamber in the form of a venturi manifold 21 and is mixed with an air stream driven by fan (not shown).
- the arrangement of fuel and air supply described thus far is similar to that shown with reference to Fig. 1 .
- the gas and air mixture is now supplied to a splitter valve 23 in which one inlet 24 leads to a first burner outlet 25 and a second burner outlet 26.
- the splitter valve 23 has a single valve element, the position of which determines the ratio of the stream in the inlet 24 which is fed to the two outlets 25,26.
- the relative amount of flow to each outlet is controlled by a flap valve 27 which is rotatable about an axis 28.
- the position of the flap valve 27 will be set by the multi-functional controller, and is driven to that position, for example, by a servo motor.
- the fuel/air mixture fed to the Stirling engine 1 flows around a cowling 29 enclosing the burner arrangement and is hence heated by the hot gas stream leaving the burner.
- the exhaust gas which has given up some of its heat to the incoming mixture leaves the cowling through manifold 30 and enters the water heater 15 where it comes into contact with the water stream 16 which has already picked up some heat from the Stirling engine cooler 31 so as to preheat the water stream 16 upstream of the second burner 17.
- the second burner 17 is fired to provide supplementary heating to the water stream 16 if required.
- the exhaust gas from the first burner 14 then mixes with the exhaust gas from the second burner 17, and the combined gases flow across a further stage of condensing heat exchanger pipework in a separate chamber within the water heater 15.
- the combined gas stream then leaves the water heater 15 through flue 18. This removes the need for a separate flue for the first burner as required by Fig. 1 .
- FIG. 3 and 4 A second arrangement in accordance with the present invention is shown in Fig. 3 and 4 .
- Figs. 2 and Figs. 3 and 4 The main difference between Figs. 2 and Figs. 3 and 4 is that, in Figs. 3 and 4 , the air flow from the variable speed DC fan 22 is split by an air flow splitter valve 27 before the gas is added. Therefore, two gas supply lines 19 are required, each being controlled by its own governor/valve 20, whereupon each gas supply is mixed with one of the air flow streams in Venturis 21 speed of the fan 22, the position of the splitter valve 27' and the governors/valves 20' are controlled by the multi-function controller.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a domestic combined heat and power (DCHP) unit.
- Such DCHP units have been proposed which incorporate a Stirling engine connected to an alternator to generate electricity. The heat produced by the engine which would otherwise be wasted is used to heat water feeding the domestic water and central heating systems, and therefore becomes a valuable product of the DCHP system. It has been shown that the most favourable economics are achieved for the unit when the Stirling engine/alternator is sized to generate approximately 1kW of electricity. At this level, however, only approximately 5kW of heat will be provided, which is substantially below a typical domestic heat load of in excess of 20kW. Such a DCHP unit is described by
DE 19936591C . - In order to supply the remaining heat, so that the DCHP unit can compete effectively with the current specification of domestic boiler, a supplementary gas burner is required. It is desirable for both burners to discharge into a common flue, so that they can both heat the domestic water supply, and so that only a single flue connection to the outside world is required. However, under these circumstances, the use of a separate fan for each burner can cause problems if one of the fans is not running. Under these circumstances, hot gas can be forced back through the unlit burner and its associated gas train thereby damaging the components and filling the unit with combustion products. One way of avoiding this is disclosed in our earlier co-pending Application
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JP 04-103910 - According to the present invention, there is provided a domestic combined heat and power system incorporating a heating appliance comprising first and second burners, a fan to provide a supply of air, a splitter valve for splitting the supply of air into a stream feeding the first burner and a stream feeding the second burner, and means for feeding combustible fuel to mix with the air; characterised by a controller for controlling the combustible fuel flow, the speed of the fan and the splitter valve to control proportion of the air fed to each burner depending on the appliance requirements, the system further comprising a Stirling engine which is heated by the first burner; a water heater which is heated by the second burner; and an exhaust gas duct passing from the Stirling engine in contact with a combustible gas inlet into the first burner to pre-heat the combustible gas entering the first burner and subsequently contacting water upstream of the water heater to pre-heat this water.
- As this arrangement uses a single fan and a splitter valve to split the air flow between the two burners, there is never any prospect of hot combustion gasses from one burner flowing back through the other burner. Further, there is a cost saving associated with running the two burners from a single fan.
- The invention only requires a single fan and therefore provides a saving in overall cost, and requires less space than a dual fan arrangement.
- One possibility is to provide a mixing chamber in which the fuel and air are mixed upstream of the splitter valve, so that the splitter valve splits the mixed fuel and air stream. Such an arrangement has the advantage that it only requires a single supply of fuel. However, in this case, the splitter valve has to be a primary safety device requiring extensive design and certification. It also needs to be able to close completely and provide a perfect seal in the gas supply chain. Therefore, preferably, means for feeding combustible fuel is positioned to feed the fuel to the split air streams downstream of the splitter valve. The arrangement also allows full control of the air/fuel mixture to each burner as it allows the air/fuel ratio to be set separately for each burner. Under these circumstances, the valve only needs to be designed to handle the air flow, and is able to tolerate a degree of leakage without allowing unwanted fuel into an unlit burner. In practice, a hole is provided in a vane of the splitter valve to allow a bleed flow in addition to any flow of air pas the vane. This ensures that an inactive burner is adequately ventilated and there is no build up of combustible gasses at any point within the burner. In addition, this air flow prevents the accumulation of condensation on the burner surfaces as it cools.
- The splitter valve may be any type of valve suitable for controllably splitting two gaseous flows. In its simplest form, the splitter valve is a flap valve.
- An example of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Fig. 1 is a schematic showing a gas train layout which does not form a part of the present invention; -
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a first example of the present invention; -
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram similar toFig. 2 showing a second example of the present invention; and -
Fig. 4 is a schematic similar toFig. 1 showing the gas train of theFig. 3 example. - The arrangement shown in
Fig. 1 comprises a burner 2 to supply heat to the head of a Stirling engine. Gas for the burner is supplied from gas supply line 4 which is fed to a multi-functional controller 5 (Honeywell 1000 series direct burner ignition controller). The multi-function gas control regulates the pressure of the gas that is fed to the mixing system to that of the inlet air stream (ambient), using a standard pressure governor and a zero gas governor. It also incorporates a dual solenoid safety shut-off valve, manual flow control valve, and control circuitry. This regulated gas supply is fed to a mixer, consisting of a variable speed DC fan 8, drawing air stream 7 into a venturi 9. The rate at which the gas is entrained into the air stream is dependent on the flow rate of the gas into the venturi. By adjusting the gas flow from the valve, the correct gas:air ratio can be achieved. Varying the speed of the DC fan can then be used to increase the mixture flow rate. The gas:air ratio will be maintained at the preset level over an operating range of mixture flow rates, allowing the fan speed alone to be used to modulate the operation of the burner(s). A separate burner controller is provided to control the actuation of the burner. This controller provides control of the ignition of the burner, and also detects the presence of a flame at the burner allowing the flow of gas to be shut-off if the flame should be extinguished. - The supply of fuel and air to the supplementary burner 12 is identical to that described in relation to the Stirling
engine 1. This arrangement comprises a gas supply line 4 common to the burner 2 (shown separately inFig. 1 for clarity) amulti-functional controller 5A, a burner controller,air supply 7A,fan 8A and venturi 9A. - In use, the supply of gas and air to the Stirling engine burner 2 and the supplementary burner 12 are controlled independently according to the domestic demand for heat. If the domestic requirement is for more heat than can be provided by the Stirling engine burner 2, the supplementary burner 12 is activated to supply this additional requirement.
- A first arrangement according to the present invention will now be described with reference to
Fig. 2 . - The Stirling
engine 1 is heated by afirst heater 14 in a manner similar to that described above. The heat is transferred to the head by a system of fins 3 as disclosed in our earlier co-pending application no.GB0020012 - The arrangement in
Fig. 2 has awater heater 15 which is arranged to heat awater stream 16 by virtue of second burner 17 (similar to the supplementary burner 12 ofFig. 1 ). Exhaust gases are expelled throughflue 18. - A common
gas supply line 19 is provided for both the first 14 and second 17 burners. This gas flow is controlled by a singlemulti-functional valve 20 which functions in a similar way to the multi-functional valve 5 referred to with respect toFig. 1 . The burner controls controlling ignition and flame detection of the burner may be incorporated into a multi-functional controller. Gas leaving themulti-functional valve 20 enters a mixing chamber in the form of aventuri manifold 21 and is mixed with an air stream driven by fan (not shown). The arrangement of fuel and air supply described thus far is similar to that shown with reference toFig. 1 . - The gas and air mixture is now supplied to a
splitter valve 23 in which oneinlet 24 leads to afirst burner outlet 25 and asecond burner outlet 26. Thesplitter valve 23 has a single valve element, the position of which determines the ratio of the stream in theinlet 24 which is fed to the twooutlets flap valve 27 which is rotatable about anaxis 28. The position of theflap valve 27 will be set by the multi-functional controller, and is driven to that position, for example, by a servo motor. - Water from the domestic heating circuit flows through the Stirling
engine cooler 31, removing heat to maintain the required internal Stirling engine temperature differential. - The fuel/air mixture fed to the
Stirling engine 1 flows around acowling 29 enclosing the burner arrangement and is hence heated by the hot gas stream leaving the burner. The exhaust gas which has given up some of its heat to the incoming mixture leaves the cowling throughmanifold 30 and enters thewater heater 15 where it comes into contact with thewater stream 16 which has already picked up some heat from the Stirling engine cooler 31 so as to preheat thewater stream 16 upstream of thesecond burner 17. Thesecond burner 17 is fired to provide supplementary heating to thewater stream 16 if required. The exhaust gas from thefirst burner 14 then mixes with the exhaust gas from thesecond burner 17, and the combined gases flow across a further stage of condensing heat exchanger pipework in a separate chamber within thewater heater 15. The combined gas stream then leaves thewater heater 15 throughflue 18. This removes the need for a separate flue for the first burner as required byFig. 1 . - A second arrangement in accordance with the present invention is shown in
Fig. 3 and4 . - In this arrangement, most components are the same as those shown in
Fig. 2 and the same components have been indicated with the same reference numerals. - The main difference between
Figs. 2 andFigs. 3 and4 is that, inFigs. 3 and4 , the air flow from the variablespeed DC fan 22 is split by an airflow splitter valve 27 before the gas is added. Therefore, twogas supply lines 19 are required, each being controlled by its own governor/valve 20, whereupon each gas supply is mixed with one of the air flow streams inVenturis 21 speed of thefan 22, the position of the splitter valve 27' and the governors/valves 20' are controlled by the multi-function controller.
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- A domestic combined heat and power system incorporating a heating appliance comprising first (14) and second (17) burners, a fan (22) to provide a supply of air, a splitter valve (27) for splitting the supply of air into a stream feeding the first burner and a stream feeding the second burner, and means (19) for feeding combustible fuel to mix with the air; characterised by a controller for controlling the combustible fuel flow, the speed of the fan and the splitter valve to control proportion of the air fed to each burner depending on the appliance requirements, the system further comprising a Stirling engine (1) which is heated by the first burner (14); a water heater which is heated by the second burner (17); and an exhaust gas duct (29, 30) passing from the Stirling engine in contact with a combustible gas inlet into the first burner (14) to pre-heat the combustible gas entering the first burner and subsequently contacting water upstream of the water heater to pre-heat this water.
- A system according to claim 1, wherein the means (19) for feeding combustible fuel is positioned to feed the fuel to the split air streams downstream of the splitter valve (27).
- A system according to claim 1, wherein the means (19) for feeding combustible fuel is positioned to feed fuel to the air stream upstream of the splitter valve (27).
- A system according to any preceding claim, wherein the splitter valve (27) is a flap valve.
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GB0130380 | 2001-12-19 | ||
GBGB0130380.9A GB0130380D0 (en) | 2001-12-19 | 2001-12-19 | A heat appliance |
PCT/GB2002/005775 WO2003052328A1 (en) | 2001-12-19 | 2002-12-18 | A heating appliance |
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EP1456586A1 EP1456586A1 (en) | 2004-09-15 |
EP1456586B1 true EP1456586B1 (en) | 2014-02-12 |
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